Tag Archives: white-middle-class parents

Our school Parent Forums used to the place where parents brought their grumbles in confidence to the school governors, who duly passed them on to the teaching staff. Nowadays, they are an opportunity for senior staff to communicate anything pressing … Continue reading →

When is a white person not a white person? Maybe when she has a black family? I can’t really comment on this case, though on the face of it, pretending to be something you’re not in this way seems a mad … Continue reading →

Meet the new school-gate pariah; that’s me. The alpha-mums are not talking to me. The less alpha-ones give me embarrassed, slightly apologetic glances and move away. I’m in the PSA doghouse. I wouldn’t care, of course, if it weren’t for … Continue reading →

The subject matter of this new play ticks all my boxes; middle-class motherhood, parenting styles, urban primary schools and most of all Race. I was tipped off about it just too late to see it, but have since acquired and … Continue reading →

I spent Sunday with someone I have known all my life; a mother from a very similar background to myself, now living in a prosperous provincial town, not too far from London, but not too near either. Her son is … Continue reading →

There’s a north London primary school, apparently, which is being forced by the Department of Education to convert to academy status against the will of parents and teachers, despite its local popularity as it stands. In the grand scheme of … Continue reading →